Necktie holder



D. H. BOWDER NECKTIE HOLDER March 7, 1950 Filed oct. 25. 1948 IN V EN TOR. David H E o wa/er A TTORNEYS.

Patented Mar. 7, 1950 Uhll'i'ED' STATESv FATENT OFFICE.l

N ECKTIE HOLDER David Harold Bowder, Attleboro, Mass., assignor to Swank, Inc., a corporation of Delaware Application October 23, 1948, Serial No. 56,125

1 Claim.

This invention rel-ates to a necktie holder in which there may be freedom of movement of the necktie relative to the shirt over which the tie extends.

Many neclitie holders clamp to the shirt and provide some loop, or other, through which the tie may extend to permit a freedom of movement of the tie, with reference to the shirt. In a device of this character, the loop extends about the tie and is of a length which will nt upon the tie at only one location. Thus, with different widths of ties, the holders must be mounted at diierent heights in order that the tie may completely ll it.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a tie holder which will require no means extending about the edges of the tie, thus permitting it to he worn at any height along the tie without reference to the tie width.

Another object of this invention is to provide a tie holder in which there will be a maximum movement of the tie, and still the tie will be held against being displaced more than a desired amount.

Another object of this invention is to provide proportion to the shirt, with my device shown in Y full, `and dotted lines, in working position.

Figure is a perspective view of a fragmentary portion of the tie. and a fragmentary portion of one member of my device, with the parts arranged in operative relation.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the member which has means for anchoring it to the necktie.

Figure 4 is an edge view of the member which it is desired should be anchored to the shirt.

Figure 5 is a section view, through the center of the shirt anchor to better illustrate the construction involved.

In proceeding with this invention, I pr-ovide a member with means to anchor it to the necktie.

and another member with means for anchoring it The detachable connection y' the member which is to be anchored to the necktie, and comprises a plate l l which has an obverse surface l2 upon which some character may be engraved for ornamentation. Extending rearwardly from this plate l l there is a shank I4 of a pin I3 which initially extends rearwardly at right angles to the plane of the plate l I, as at I4, and then extends downwardly, parallel to the plane of the plate li at l5, and is pointed at its end i6, so as to be easily passed through the necktie. The other member, which is designed to be anchored to the shirt, comprises a back jaw Il and a front jaw i8; these jaws being bent from a sheet of stock, as at I9, so as to dispose them in gripping relation. The end of the jaw Il is bent away from jaw I8, as at 20, so as to present an entrance mouth. In order that the shirt may be gripped between these jaws at more than one location, a tongue 2i is cut and bent from the back jaw l? to extend into contiguous relation with the front jaw i8, as can well be seen in Figures 4 and 5.

'I'he sheet stock for the jaw l-8 is also slit, and a bar 22 is bent forwardly from the stock of this jaw, so as to provide a bar spaced from the jaw i8, along which a ring 23 may slide.

In order to connect the members lll and I6 together, I have provided a chain 24, one end of which is connected to the ring 23, permitting the same to slide lengthwise -along the bar 22 at full extent thereto, :while the other end of the chain is secured to a clutch, designated generally 25, and which consists of a jaw part 26, and an actuating member 2l, which may be used for releasing the grip on the pin stem l 3, or attached to the pin stem, as may be desired.

In use, the pin stem i3 is passed through the ne-cktie Sil, las shown in Figures l and 2, `and then the clutch 2'l is used to grip the pin stem while the member i6 is secured to the shirt by sliding the shirt edge 3l between the jaws l1 and I8. By elevating the member IB more or less, length may be provided for the movement of the tie by increasing the scope permitted by the two members, but even when the arrangement is as shown in Figure l,l a considerable latitude generally is permitted by the sliding of the ring 23 along the bar 22.

I claim:

A necktie holder comprising a plate adapted to engage the face of the tie, a pin shank extending from the rear face of said plate to pierce the tie, a clasp to grip the edge of a shirt, having a bar extending along the major portion of the length of the clasp, and a flexible element, having one lend-provided with a ring sldabiy secured to said han and the other end provided with a. clutch de- REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

Number 4 UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Von Koppen Dec. 1, 1903 Sokolowski Mar. 18, 1913 Trout May 21, 1935 Loewinsohn Sept. 3, 1935 Smith Dec. 29, 1936 Bullock Mar. 16, 1937 Cohn June 10, 1941 

